Ich Seems Gone on Hippo in Hospital Tank

[Dangleflow9]

Okay so I see all these guys talking about using the tank transfer method and treating ich with copper, but here's my issue:

My hippo was eating but clearly had ich in my DT. So, I called over a buddy of mine, we had to yank all the rock out of the 120gal tank, catch the hippo, and put her in a hospital tank. Immediately began treatment, and within the 3 day dosing period, the ich is completely off her body. However, she will not eat. Not anything; I've tried 10 different kinds of veggies, pellets and frozen foods. If there's no ich on her, can I put her back in the tank? It's been 5 days, and I'm scared she's not going to make it much longer in my tiny 10gal hospital tank after not eating... Any recommendations?

 

[snorvich]

Okay so I see all these guys talking about using the tank transfer method and treating ich with copper, but here's my issue:

My hippo was eating but clearly had ich in my DT. So, I called over a buddy of mine, we had to yank all the rock out of the 120gal tank, catch the hippo, and put her in a hospital tank. Immediately began treatment, and within the 3 day dosing period, the ich is completely off her body. However, she will not eat. Not anything; I've tried 10 different kinds of veggies, pellets and frozen foods. If there's no ich on her, can I put her back in the tank? It's been 5 days, and I'm scared she's not going to make it much longer in my tiny 10gal hospital tank after not eating... Any recommendations?

Short answer, no. Read the stickies. Your DT has ich (assuming that is what the hippo had) and all fish must be treated with tank transfer, CP, copper, or hypo. And the display tank must remain without fish for at least 10 weeks, preferably 12 weeks.

 

[DasCamel]

Basic rule of thumb, just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it's not present. In general people trust their eyes far too much.

 

[lagatbezan]

what are you using as treatment?

 

[Dangleflow9]

cupramine

 

[Triggerfish]

unless the DT is treated to eradicate the parasite the ich magnet will just get reinfested.

 

[sandwi54]

Please read the stickies. Ich goes through several stages of life cycle, and only in one of the stages is it "visible" to human eyes. Just because you don't see it, it doesn't mean it's gone. You will need to treat with cupramine at > 0.4ppm for four weeks straight in order to eliminate this parasite from your hospital.

As for your 120g DT, you will need to let it go fallow for at least 10 weeks to guarantee that all of the ich dies off on its own.

Have you tested your hospital tank water for ammonia? If you have no established biological filtration, ammonia will build up in matter of hours in such a small 10g tank. Your tang is most likely being poisoned right now by ammonia and that's why it's not eating.

 

[lagatbezan]

Definitely check for Ammonia. Do NOT use any Prinme or any other ammonia removing solutions as they can be deadly when mixed with cupramine.
It could also be due to the cupramine. I know when i used it my fish stopped eating because of it. what is the copper level at?